Clooney made the comments at the New York premiere of his new film, "Gravity."

Just imagine the mindset of the reporter who asked him this question. "Oh man, he's going to assume that I'm just going to ask him about the film or his next project or whatever, but I'm going to see two steps ahead! I'm going to ask him his thoughts on the government shutdown, and tie it in to NASA losing funding, and hence this movie! It's genius, no one will see it coming! MSNBC, here I come!"